Design for Life: Art and Architecture - Part 1
New international exhibition featuring work from Le Corbusier to the present day
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Contemporary Art at Hestercombe Gallery
Hestercombe Contemporary Art Gallery aims to present the best in contemporary arts practice whilst focusing on the relationship between art and landscape. We aim to be a place where art is not just shown but where artists and designers can explore, collaborate, research and respond to make new work through residencies and commissions.
Hestercombe has always had a place at the leading edge of creativity, from Coplestone Warre Bampfylde’s groundbreaking landscape garden design with its borrowed views, to Gertrude Jeykyll and Sir Edwin Lutyens’ collaboration that pushed the boundaries of garden design and planting in the formal gardens.
Based in the historic Hestercombe House, the Contemporary Art Gallery is open daily from 11am – 5pm, and entry is via our Visitor Reception. You must book gardens admission in order to visit the Gallery and outdoor exhibitions.
The Gallery is not yet wheelchair accessible; however for all of our exhibitions we display a documentary-style film on the ground floor.
Landscape Resonances Event - February 2023
What's On
The Caterpillar Word Hunt
Join us this May half term for a family word hunt around Hestercombe House
Design for Life Conversations Event
This event brings together artists, architects and curators to discuss their work, collections and themes in the current ‘Design for Life’ exhibition, which visually explores the historical intersection of art and architecture from the past 65 years.
Outdoor Commissions
Discover the outdoor artworks and projects commissioned by Hestercombe Gallery
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Past Workshops & Events
Find out about Hestercombe Gallery's extensive list of past workshops, seminars, talks and other events
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Limited Edition Prints
Original limited edition prints are available to purchase from Hestercombe Gallery
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Previous exhibitions at Hestercombe Gallery
Coplestone Warre Bampfylde: A Gentleman of Taste
To celebrate Coplestone Warre Bampfylde’s life and his importance to the history of Hestercombe and the South West, we bring together the largest survey of his original artworks and objects ever seen in one place, through the exhibition ‘A Gentleman of Taste’.
Most Admirably Improved by Art
Most Admirably Improved by Art Charlotte Hodes, Rebecca Partridge, Kelly Richardson, Fiona Hingston with Coplestone Warre Bampfylde (1720-1791)
Urthworks by Ben Rivers
Renowned artist Ben Rivers presents Urthworks at Hestercombe Gallery, from 9 November 2019 to 9 February 2020
Where function ends: the Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944), Hestercombe Gallery presented Where Function Ends, including new work by three artists that responds to the legacy of the man whose designs transformed the Hestercombe site.
Simon Faithfull: Elsewhen
The solo exhibition ‘Elsewhen’ brought together a series of works and interventions by internationally acclaimed artist Simon Faithfull that collectively act as a kind of orientation device for both the artist and the visitor to Hestercombe Gallery.
Leaping the Fence
The opening exhibition at Hestercombe Gallery presents groundbreaking artists such as Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger, Mark Quinn, Mike Nelson and Susan Philipsz among others, many of them Turner Prize winners and nominees
